By SHAPA WAKUNG’UMA – WHEN little Mathews Punza stepped on the mat at a tender age of six, no one knew he would be the ‘greatest thing’ in the Judo history of the Zambia Police....

THE Government’s initiative to create a Sports Development Fund account is the right way to go for Zambian sports. This has come after several years of complaints from various sporting disciplines over a lack of...

THREE years ago, January 21, 2012 to be precise, in a piece titled “Selective justice: Mayweather’s case” I discussed the issue of what I termed ‘selective justice’ surrounding undefeated (42-0, 26 Kos then) World Boxing...

FOR some time now, I have been wondering why only a few Zambian players have been managing to clinch professional football deals abroad despite impressing the foreign clubs during trials. So this week I decided...

EVERYBODY hates to lose. Everybody wants to win every game and as the race for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games for the boxers kick-starts next month, nothing but winning is all they will...

CONGRATULATIONS to the Chipolopolo for labouring to beat Namibia on post match penalties to qualify to the final round of the Rwanda 2016 African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifiers. Coach George ‘Chicken’ Lwandamina and his group...

HEADLINES like “Mitanda postpones boxing meet,” “Tourney put off indefinitely” are not quite unusual in the sport of boxing, reflecting the perennial financial troubles that the boxing stables in Zambia suffer from. It was reported...

SUCCESS in sport always comes as a collective effort involving players, coaches, administrators, sponsors and to a great extent, fans. For most sports enthusiasts, a coach is an influential figure of competitive experience, and true...

THE dramatic resignation of Sepp Joseph Blatter as FIFA president left many in shock especially that the man had remained adamant on holding on to his position amidst corruption scandals. Blatter, undoubtedly, did a lot...

WHAT an eventful week that started with Zambia’s image dented after losing to minnows Namibia in the COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup to seven FIFA senior officials getting nabbed for corruption charges. In between, we saw...